# Virus in mp3tag download?

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/virus-in-mp3tag-download/43726>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [November 30, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/virus-in-mp3tag-download/43726 "2018-11-30T16:28:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![brimac](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@brimac](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/brimac)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/virus-in-mp3tag-download/43726/1 "2018-11-30T16:28:21Z")

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My AVG virus check reports virus Win32/Heri when I try to download Mp3tag v2.91

 ![AVG%20screenshot](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/6/61b2d64cb52f4e910acca972d09931db50216c8c.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/virus-in-mp3tag-download/43726/2 "2018-11-30T16:34:20Z")

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Please see the report from VirusTotal (where AVG is also included)

[https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/d887ae908ba31ee2f47b15d228cf594656aa217242ca38bf91b55c1133f1e346/detection](https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/d887ae908ba31ee2f47b15d228cf594656aa217242ca38bf91b55c1133f1e346/detection)

I'd say it's a false positive. However, it's your computer — so the decision is of course yours.

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**Author:** ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 10:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/virus-in-mp3tag-download/43726/3 "2018-12-13T10:08:57Z")

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I've contacted AVG about this issue and got a reply, informing me that this version of AVG is from 2016:

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> (...) that customer is using old version of AVG program, version 2016. Therefore we are not able to reproduce it. If the customer would like to update to the latest version AVG 2018, he can contact our technical support on web page [Technical Support](https://support.avg.com/support_contact_form?l=en).

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**Author:** ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/virus-in-mp3tag-download/43726/4 "2018-12-17T14:17:05Z")

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